A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:09:15 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nqel. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqel. Exact location of event, depth 31.131 km, -85.9504° West, 10.2375° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.131 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 05:09:15 / October 18, 2024 @ 5:09 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 56 km (34 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Liberia, Nicoya, Santa Cruz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WSW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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